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These ETFs have flown under the radar, but they have performed better than many popular ETFs.
D.A. Davidson and CO. acquired a new position in EA Bridgeway Blue Chip ETF (NYSEARCA:BBLU) during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 62,013 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $932,000. D.A. Davidson and CO. owned 0.28% of EA Bridgeway Blue
BBLU is recently reorganized actively managed blue-chip ETF with a history dating back to July 1997. Returns of its predecessor mutual fund indicate long-term outperformance over S&P 500 Index ETFs. BBLU and SPY have strikingly similar return profiles despite BBLU holding just 36 equities, suggesting its four managers are extremely skilled at identifying the key stocks that drive markets. BBLU features a consistently lower portfolio beta, though its growth and value mix is slightly unfavorable - a reversal from my review from about two years ago.
The Ea Bridgeway Blue Chip ETF focuses on large, established U.S. companies, emphasizing financial services, healthcare, and communication services, while maintaining significant technology exposure. BBLU's valuation is attractive, with a P/E ratio 12.5% below the S&P 500, driven by its sector allocation and stock selection in value sectors. BBLU has outperformed the S&P 500 over the past five years, showing resilience in down markets like 2022, with lower volatility and strong risk-adjusted returns.
BBLU is actively managed, with a focus on top-quality blue chips. It can ignore certain sectors. At this point, there are no materials, real estate, or utilities in its portfolio. Since being converted into an ETF in October 2022, BBLU has outperformed the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) in 14 months out of 19. It has also delivered stronger risk-adjusted returns compared to QQQ. The current version of the portfolio has 37 stocks. Capturing about 50% of IVV's portfolio, it has stronger quality and a higher adjusted earnings yield.
Ea Bridgeway Blue Chip ETF is an actively managed fund that aims to outperform passive large-cap averages. The fund uses a disciplined, quantitative approach to select and weight its portfolio holdings. Investing in blue-chip stocks provides stability and potential for long-term growth, but investors should consider their investment horizon, risk tolerance, diversification, and fees.
BBLU is a low-cost actively-managed fund that recently reorganized from a mutual fund to an ETF. Since July 1997, it's outperformed SPY with slightly less volatility. Normally, this record impresses me, but I found most of the outperformance attributed to the dot-com era that might not be relevant anymore. Furthermore, there's some evidence of closet indexing. The benefit is that BBLU's expense ratio is only 0.15%, and managers appear skilled at identifying the small group of stocks that drive the market's return and risk features.
The EA Bridgeway Blue Chip ETF is an actively managed fund with a low expense ratio of 0.15%. BBLU has a solid historical performance track record, consistently outperforming the S&P 500. The fund holds a well-diversified portfolio of blue chip stocks and is underweight the two largest capitalization companies in the world.
SEC filings for BBLU aren't indexed yet — common for recently launched funds. Browse the issuer's filings on SEC EDGAR directly.